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NMI’s Aleksenko gets 4th gold
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — NMI’s Isaiah Aleksenko extended his winning streak by clinching a fourth straight gold medal on Day 3 of the swimming competitions at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Aleksenko’s fourth gold came in...
UPDATED: All set for 4th of July Parade!
Marianas Variety
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Liberation Day parade participants wave the U.S. and CNMI flags. MV file photo (Liberation Day Committee) — This year’s 4th of July Parade is set to bring excitement and community pride to the streets of Susupe this Friday. Beginning at 10 a.m. on...
From execution to reconciliation - WWII US Airmen POWs memorialized in Japan by Family, Family of their executioners
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving captured Airmen,” said Katsuya Toji. “Although he was following orders, he was later tried as a war criminal and sentenced...
OPINION ǀ Sea of Red
Marianas Variety
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Jim Rayphand Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly that of the writer and do not explicitly or necessarily reflect, nor represent the policies and position of Northern Marianas College. IT’S one thing to say...
Puppy cruelty
Marianas Variety
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LAUREN Cabrera, board president of the Saipan Humane Society, issued the following statement on Wednesday, June 18: “On Tuesday evening, a sweet puppy greeted a good Samaritan outside of Trench Tech. They were horrified to notice that its ears had...
All set for 4th of July Parade!
Marianas Variety
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Liberation Day parade participants wave the U.S. and CNMI flags. MV file photo THIS year’s 4th of July Parade is set to bring excitement and community pride to the streets of Susupe this Friday. Beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 4, the parade...
Desaparecidos por el ICE en Los Ángeles: cómo encontrar a familiares detenidos
Los Angeles Times
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June 29, 2025
Durante 22 días, las fuerzas de inmigración han realizado redadas en comunidades de la región de Los Ángeles, deteniendo a unas 722 personas sólo entre el 1 y el 10 de junio. Para las familias y los grupos de defensa de los inmigrantes, determinar...
Wrestler Palacios gives NMI first medal; 6 swimmers reach finals
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas got off to a good start on the opening day of competitions in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, as NMI swimmers and wrestlers advanced to the medal round of their respective events Monday...
Celebrating family (and others) on the Fourth
Bellevue Herald Leader - Iowa
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It’s the Fourth of July later this week, and I’m feeling an overwhelming sense of patriotic gratitude to those who have helped make and keep my country – the United States of America – free. To celebrate, I decided to take a mental walk through...
Jaws and effect: How Spielberg’s epic changed our relationship with sharks forever
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
3 Chinese nationals sentenced for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens
Marianas Variety
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THREE Chinese nationals — Shuyuan Wang, Ying Liu, and Xiaohui Zhu — were sentenced by the federal court on Tuesday to time served for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens charges. The three defendants were previously indicted alongside several...
LETTER: Thank you to Guam Museum Foundation
Pacific Daily News
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Please allow me this opportunity to give a word of thanks to the Guam Museum Foundation. My deepest gratitude to David Tydingco, chairman of the Guam Museum Foundation board, for inviting me to speak at the 4th storytelling event at the Museum...
Palacios joins western governors in disaster recovery partnership
Marianas Variety
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Arnold I. Palacios GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios has joined a partnership of governors from Western states and U.S. territories to address the aftermath of natural disasters, following the conclusion of the 2025 Western Governors’ Association annual...
Team Marianas starts Mini Games campaign today
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas will begin its quest for medals in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games today, Monday, as swimming, fast-pitch softball, indoor volleyball, wrestling, va’a and baseball competitions kick off in Palau....
48 high school students pass internationally recognized tourism course
Marianas Variety
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The students who passed the Trading Up: Hospitality course pose for a group photo. Photo by Andrew Roberto FORTY-EIGHT Public School System high school students have passed the Hospitality Tourism Management certification program as part of...
Workforce, population, economy
Marianas Variety
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I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with our U.S. Congresswoman, Kimberlyn King-Hinds, on the plan to stabilize the NMI workforce. I am also very concerned about the continued reduction in the number of people living on our islands. I understand that current...
Your Hate Is Destroying Lives
Kandit News Group
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June 25, 2025
By Mabel Doge Luhan for Mabel’s Table, Kandit News & Views They’re eating the dawgs! They’re eating the cats! No matter how many times the mayor and police chief of Springfield, Ohio publicly said this is a lie, Donald and JD just kept repeating...
Fuel prices dip after recent hikes
Marianas Variety
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The Mobil Oil station on Beach Road in Garapan displays its gasoline prices on Thursday. Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano AFTER two consecutive price hikes earlier this month, Mobil Oil and Shell Marianas both reduced their prices by 10 cents last...
Ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300 km of Pacific Ocean
Telengana Today
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June 26, 2025
A groundbreaking study reveals the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands, found in Guam’s Ritidian Beach Cave. It confirms that early seafarers from the Philippines brought domesticated rice 3,500 years ago, suggesting intentional...
Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean
The Conversation
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June 25, 2025
In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands – at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of western Micronesia. The domesticated rice was...